Thursday’s News & Ideas - 10/2/2025
- Violence in houses of worship
- Pope Leo on immigrant treatment
- Hypocrisy in MAGA motherhood
- Yom Kippur for a divided US
- Trans poetry & Pauli Murray
- Remembering Jane Goodall
Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows
The Conversation: Recent tragedies may feel sudden and senseless, but they are part of a longer pattern that we have been tracking.
The New York Times: After Michigan church shooting, one man raised $200,000 for the suspect’s family*
Pope Leo criticizes 'inhuman' treatment of immigrants in US
Reuters: Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings.
MAGA Christians want wives to stay at home — but there's an ironic hypocrisy
Huffpost: Reminiscent of the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, influencers like Erika Kirk encourage wifely submission and stay-at-home motherhood while managing bustling careers.
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, might also be good news for divided America
Religion News Service: Yom Kippur offers a way out of the silos of mutual mistrust and anger that animate not only Jewish communal life but the broader American body politic.
Ahead of their time
ARC: In a new book, Cameron Awkward-Rich takes inspiration from pioneering, gender-complicated, Black Episcopal priest Pauli Murray.
The Spark
Remembering Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall, a scientist whose studies of wild chimpanzees made her a household name, has died at the age of 91, reports NPR. But her legacy of conservation lives on.
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